Sharry Miller

More Steampunk Glass

Now that the gift is given, I can share with you one of the latest glass pieces I made. This one is similar to another I made in that I fused tiny watch gears and copper spirals between white and clear glass, but this time I wanted to experiment with embedding a wire into the glass that could then be used for the hanger. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out, although next time... Read more →

Glass Steampunk Owl

Yesterday I forced myself down to the studio to do something, no matter what it was. Of course, I ended up having a great time. I thought I'd share a couple of the things I made. I stole the idea for this owl made of circles from a bead I saw in a magazine (if I weren't so lazy, I'd go downstairs and find out who it was so I could give her credit -... Read more →

Steampunk Mayhem!

All right, maybe mayhem is overstating it, but lots of laughter and nonsense were par for the course once again at today's class with Denyse Brown. Four other women joined us to play with tiny gears and gadgets while engineering our first steampunk creations. According to Wikipedia, "steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s. Steampunk involves a setting where... Read more →